Sinker for fish-lines



(No Model.)

J. E. GAGE.

SINKER FOB FISH LINES.

Patented Mar 19, 1889.

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JAMES E. GAGE, OF CONCORD, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

SINKER FOR FISH-LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,866, dated March19, 1889.

Application fi e September 18, 1888. Serial No. 285,693. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES E. GAGE, of Concord, county of Merrimac,State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Sinkers forFish-Lines, of Which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a sinker for fish-lineswhich may be cheaply made, and readily and firmly applied.

In accordance with this invention a piece of lead or equivalent softmetal is slotted longitudinally to receive the line. One of the sidewalls of the slot is provided at one end with a small lip, and thecorresponding end of the opposing side wall is provided with a smallrecess to receive the said lip when bent or pressed down firmly over andupon the line contained in the slot. At the opposite end of the sinker asimilar lip and recess are provided, the lip preferably being formedupon that wall which at its opposite end has a recess.

Figure 1 shows in perspective a sinker or weight embodying thisinvention; and Fig. 2, a similar View, the lips being turned down tohold firmly upon the line.

The sinker is made of lead or equivalent soft material, and comprisesthe body u, hav ing a longitudinal slot, 1), extending from end to end.One of the side walls, as o, of the slot has at one end a small lip, (1,formed integral with it, and the opposing side Wall, (1, has at itscorresponding end a recess, cl, which receives the lip 0 when turneddown, said recess being cut deep enough to allow the lip when turned tobind firmly upon the line f. At the opposite end of the sinker a similarlip, as e, and recess, as e, are provided, the lip preferably beingformed integral with the side wall, (I, and the recess in the opposingside wall; but they may be reversed, if desired.

By this construction it will be seen that the sinker may be moldedcheaply, and may be readily applied by simply turning the lips e 6 overand upon the line, binding or holding firmly upon the line withoutkinking or cutting into the line, thereby avoiding the faults of sinkersheretofore known to me.

I claim A sinker or Weight consisting of the body a, slittedlongitudinally from end to end, having lips c e at the ends thereof, andrecesses cl 6, opposite said lips, respectively adapted to receive thesame when turned down upon them, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

.IAMES E. GAGE.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR O. CHASE, M. M. CHASE.

